Special Services Dean of Students (Elementary)

Special Services Dean of Students (Elementary)
Posting #4518

Two vacancies

Position information
219 days/year
1.0 FTE (benefit eligible)
Begins ASAP
Salary Range: $90,000 - $95,000
External Posting Dates: 11/6/26-until filled

Interested applicants should apply online www.colheights.k12.mn.us

Interviews will be scheduled at the request of the School District.

Questions regarding this position should be directed to Director of Special Services, Sarah Godfrey, 763-528-4540, godfreys@colheights.k12.mn.us

General Definition of Work
Performs administrative work overseeing day-to-day special education programming, compliance, and staff at the elementary level; delivers continuum of high-quality specialized instruction in the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) in alignment with district goals; and provides supervision for all students to support behavior needs to maintain an educational environment conducive to learning, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the limited supervision of the director of special services and principal.

Qualification Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions

• Serves as the primary Administrative Designee at Individual Education Program (IEP) meetings and Section 504 meetings.
• Supports instructional strategies, co-teaching models and differentiated instruction to ensure engaging, lifelong learning for students with diverse needs.
• Assist in planning, scheduling, and supporting administration of assessments in accordance with district guidelines and state testing protocols.
• Plans and facilitates professional development.
• Oversees the intake and review of special education records for newly enrolled students to determine service needs and placement.
• Facilitates Manifestation Determination Reviews (MDRs) and oversees behavior management strategies across placements.
• Collaborates with school social worker to lead the Attendance and Student Intervention Team
• Supports multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) frameworks to integrate academic and behavioral interventions across general and special education settings.
• Provides targeted instructional coaching, job-embedded mentoring for Tier 1 licensed educators
• Assist in recruiting, interviewing, and onboarding special services personnel.
• Assists with evaluations for Special Education Assistants.
• Communicates with parents and guardians to build strong school-home partnerships, address student behavioral and/or academic needs, and foster meaningful family engagement.
• Ensures and monitors 504 and special education compliance, due process and special services governance.
• Coordinates Extended School Year (ESY) logistics, staffing and instructional oversight.
• Supervises and oversees student body; oversees and supervises halls during travel times, activities, and lunchroom during lunch periods to maintain a safe and orderly environment.
• Assists with the administration of student discipline, transportation, and the enforcement of district and building policies and procedures.
• Communicates with parents and other interested parties regarding student behavior and attendance; provides status updates.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Thorough skill creating and maintaining reports and statistics of student services; comprehensive knowledge of state and federal rules and regulations pertaining to special education; comprehensive knowledge of individualized education plans; skill creating and maintaining standardized reports; thorough skill operating standard office equipment and applicable hardware and software; ability to make arithmetic computations using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals; ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages; ability to write grants; ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, parents, and the general public.

Education and Experience
Master's degree in special education, special education administration, education leadership, or related field and extensive experience working in special education, behavior intervention, building management, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Physical Requirements
This work requires the occasional exertion of up to 10 pounds of force; work regularly requires speaking or hearing, frequently requires standing and walking and occasionally requires sitting, using hands to finger, handle or feel and lifting; work requires close vision and distance vision; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; hearing is required to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions in sound; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data and observing general surroundings and activities; work occasionally requires exposure to outdoor weather conditions, exposure to bloodborne pathogens and may be required to wear specialized personal protective equipment and exposure to bodily fluids; work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, light traffic).

Special Requirements
Valid Minnesota special education teaching license.

Administrative licensure or current attendee in a licensure program (Principal or Director of Special Education).

Experience working in a multi-cultural setting and with diverse groups of people preferred.

Alternatives to the qualifications as the Superintendent may find appropriate and acceptable will also be considered.

Valid driver's license in the State of Minnesota.